does anyone know how to...

[kitbit]

...get crayon off bedlinen???



Not sure which board this needed to be on but felt sure someone here would know!

[mummyscaryhouseonthehill]

Grease proof paper over the crayon then run a hot iron over it?

[theUrbanDryad]

that's what i was going to say. i know it works for candle wax, so it should work for wax crayons.

either that, or scrub it with some sort of detergent like washing up liquid then put it in the washing machine on as hot a program as possible.

good luck! remember you love them REALLY!!!

[evilanniedividedin2byalargeaxe]

Also try heating with 'hot' setting of hair drier and dabbing with kitchen roll.

[evilanniedividedin2byalargeaxe]

Incidentally, that will also get vaseline out of hair

[theUrbanDryad]

ooh, i didn't know that!!

on a similar note, does anyone know how to get chewing gum out of towels? don't even ask how it got there, i honestly don't know....

[evilanniedividedin2byalargeaxe]

Try and get as much gum off as possible, then put towel in the freezer, crack/scrape the gum off when frozen OR rub something very oily like peanut butter on, and that will help ease it off.

The peanut butter method also works for getting gum out of hair.

Again, !!

[theUrbanDryad]

are you one of those people who writes into women's weekly with housekeeping tips? not that i read woman's weekly. sometimes i find it. at my mum's house. i don't buy it.

[evilanniedividedin2byalargeaxe]

No, I am the sort of person who have kids who put stuff in weird places

[theUrbanDryad]

do you know what a false fold is? just been doing my dad's ironing as my mum's away and he is complaining cause there are "false folds" in his pyjamas!

i mean, who irons pyjamas anyway? i only did it cause i know my mum does....

[evilanniedividedin2byalargeaxe]

No I am pleased to say I have no knowledge of a 'false fold'!!

[theUrbanDryad]

do you iron pyjamas?? i've got to know what a false fold is now. can't ask my dad as i'm in a strop with him for shouting at me when i was doing his ironing....

[evilanniedividedin2byalargeaxe]

I absolutely do not iron pyjamas. What is that American woman who does all the household stuff? Martha Stewart? Google her and see if that tells you what a false fold is.

Then post back here!

[theUrbanDryad]

nope....martha doesn't know.

i'm really not that bothered TBH...more p*ssed off cause my dad had a go at me when i was trying to help!!

[kitbit]

will try the hot iron thing, thanks! Was also going to suggest peanut butter for gum, works a treat getting it out of hair. I fell over in a glob once at school (gross!!!) and mum used peanut butter. Worked like a charm. Stank afterwards but was better than being glued with a big blob of sticky gum!

[kitbit]

oh, and my aunt used to iron socks. And knickers. I for one have loads of better things to do!! (ref. crayon on bedsheets etc etc)